Suzanne de Passe Quotes
I've always said that the greatest racism in Hollywood has to do with what color ink you produce: Black or red.
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In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting.
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I hope that in some way that I can be some sort of beacon of hope, especially because I am not the typical Hollywood beauty.
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The North Korean landscape is strikingly beautiful in places. It could be said to resemble America's Pacific Northwest - but substantially drained of color.
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I will only do a Hollywood film when there is something special offered to me.
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Redlining went beyond FHA-backed loans and spread to the entire mortgage industry, which was already rife with racism, excluding black people from most legitimate means of obtaining a mortgage.
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You know why they think I'm reclusive? I don't do the Hollywood stuff. I've never been on the circuit.
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I sometimes feel that racism is getting worse.
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Black is not a color.
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Even though I've done Hollywood films, I still don't think of myself as a Hollywood actress.
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The cool thing for me is, I go to a lot of conventions - a lot of science fiction conventions like Comic-Con - and there are always a lot of attendants of color. And I think some people believe that black people or people of color are not into science fiction or hero shows or genre shows.
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We have this long history of racism in this country, and as it happens, the criminal justice system has been perhaps the most prominent instrument for administering racism. But the racism doesn't actually come from the criminal justice system.
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I'm thinking, this is Robert Redford. You know, he's won an Academy Award, he's talking to me about directing a movie he's in. So you just think that it's Hollywood stuff or whatever.
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Plastic surgery is like a big elephant sitting in the Hollywood living room.
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We believe in loving our brothers regardless of race, color or creed and we believe in showing this love by working for better conditions immediately and the ultimate owning by the workers of their means of production.
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My mother is an African-American from the South Side of Chicago who married a white guy in 1978. She was hyperaware of racism and made me aware of that.
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While there should be collective efforts to increase tech inclusion overall, the industry must work to specifically attract and retain women of color.
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I like lip liners over lipsticks. I have so many of them from so many different brands, so I just pick the color that works.
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Film is better than digital in every way. It has better contrast ratio, better blacks, and better color reproduction. It's a more organic image, which is more the way your eyes see.
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It's amazing what your body does to produce another human... you should thank your body for what it does.
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It become totally untenable to me that after acting for 25 years - I've played Juliet, Cleopatra and Anne Frank - there I was, sitting in Hollywood, just waiting for somebody to want me.
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I'm not here to try and replace anyone or compete with anyone.
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I only record songs that I really like and believe in and can sing with conviction.
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I want to go where I'm the difference. I want to make something out of nothing. I want to be the reason someone is great.
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I've always said that the greatest racism in Hollywood has to do with what color ink you produce: Black or red.
